Informed Speculation

Since you read Decision ’08, you’re undoubtedly all fabulously rich and devastatingly good looking, so you’ll be in a position to help our old friend Academic Elephant.  Even if you’re not (rich and beautiful, that is), considering giving what you can.  RedState wants to send former frequent commenter (hey, we miss you!) AE, now known [...]

…when my Sitemeter showed over 1,300 visitors today and I hadn’t even posted yet…well, it’s our old friend Tom Maguire, who gave me a link from his guest perch at Instapundit, where he and Ann Althouse are subbing for the Spring Break week…why not return the favor?…and thanks, Tom!…

I’ve been very busy this evening, but I wanted to pass on a few links forwarded to me by my favorite people on earth: readers of this blog. How bad is Murtha? Even the Kossacks are against him – though, of course, with their own unique twist… Rudy G. was in Vancouver and wowed at [...]

I predict HamNation will soon be all the rage…well done, Mary Katharine…

Congrats to our good friend at the Right Wing Nut House, that not-so-nutty and not-so-rightwing Rick Moran, on this very flattering profile piece in the Chicago Daily Herald. Well deserved, to boot…

Three years on, 23 million (!!!) visitors…the man is a big dog, and it’s well-deserved.  Many, many more, Captain Ed…

…Makes me feel sad for the rest… …Nobody does it quite the way you do… …Oh, Iowahawk, you’re the best…

Wow, these guys have got it going on…congrats, I’m officially jealous of all your success…

He’s done it again; another great interview for the Real Ugly American, this time with Dr. David Perlmutter, the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas.  Check it out…

Interestingly, for those fans of ‘esoteric’ knowledge, all three begin with the same sound but different letters – I smell an Illuminati-driven conspiracy…

…and a new addition to my favorites.  Check it out…

RedState 2.0 has launched, and I think the new look is very sharp; clean and modern, but with a clear continuity from the old version. Well done…drop on by and check it out yourself…

…I think.  It’s a shame it took death threats on his child to do it, but the man got some good pub from Brit Hume and Fox News – so it ain’t ALL bad…

Our good friend The Real Ugly American has scored another one of his patented interview coups; this time he catches up with Mort Kondracke, and, per usual, it’s extremely thorough and insightful, so check it out…

Ryan James has had at least three looks for his blog, and they’ve all been quite cool.  Well done on the latest!… …on a completely unrelated note, is it just my imagination, or has this summer really sucked as far as new movies go?  The Superman movie had better be good, because nothing else really [...]

I’m off to a family get-together this weekend (be back Sunday afternoon). I hope your weekend is spectacular. So, here we go – OPEN THREAD!!! I know, I know, you’re trembling with excitement. Use this space, if you so choose, to tell any- and everyone if you’ve seen a summer movie, what’s the most overrated [...]

…as I upgrade my computer (new video card, on top of recently purchased RAM, means I’ve finally got a machine good enough to take me through…the next six months).  Here’s an amusing way to pass the time until I can return to stun you with my brilliant and witty commentary…

I was honored to be asked to participate in my (third, maybe?) Pundit Roundtable at WILLisms, and the other guests made the honor particularly sweet: they are Tim Blair and Laurence Simon. The topic? Religion and food…so how can you go wrong there? Check it out…

…whose book How Would A Patriot Act? is set to debut at #11 on the NY Times bestseller list. You don’t have to agree with his politics to be impressed with that accomplishment. Look for a review of the book soon in this space…

I’m a few weeks too late, but congrats to NZ Bear – the new look is very, very cool!…